Loyola's acts: the rhetoric of the self

"In this revisionist study of the Acta of Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus and a major figure of the Counterreformation, Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle argues that the text - revered by the Jesuits as his autobiography and considered a literal, documentary account - is, rather...

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1. Verfasser: Boyle, Marjorie O'Rourke 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley [u.a.] Univ. of California Press 1997
Schriftenreihe:The new historicism 36
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Zusammenfassung:"In this revisionist study of the Acta of Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus and a major figure of the Counterreformation, Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle argues that the text - revered by the Jesuits as his autobiography and considered a literal, documentary account - is, rather, epideictic rhetoric, an exemplary mirror of vainglory. Written in the tradition of renaissance studies on individualism, Loyola's Acts offers a powerful heuristic for interpreting a wide range of texts within the Christian tradition from the patristic to the baroque ages. Boyle's secular treatment of a canonized saint offers revealing insight into how a prestigious sixteenth-century figure like Loyola understood himself. Thus, Loyola's text becomes a fascinating window through which Boyle interprets and illuminates renaissance culture, rhetoric, and spirituality."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:XV, 274 S.
ISBN:0520209370